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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
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        "dateReserved": "2025-05-02T15:51:43.549Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-05-02T15:55:28.246Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-23T15:27:55.120Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: scsi_dh_alua: Fix memleak for 'qdata' in alua_activate()\n\nIf alua_rtpg_queue() failed from alua_activate(), then 'qdata' is not\nfreed, which will cause following memleak:\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff88810b2c6980 (size 32):\n  comm \"kworker/u16:2\", pid 635322, jiffies 4355801099 (age 1216426.076s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n    40 39 24 c1 ff ff ff ff 00 f8 ea 0a 81 88 ff ff  @9$.............\n  backtrace:\n    [<0000000098f3a26d>] alua_activate+0xb0/0x320\n    [<000000003b529641>] scsi_dh_activate+0xb2/0x140\n    [<000000007b296db3>] activate_path_work+0xc6/0xe0 [dm_multipath]\n    [<000000007adc9ace>] process_one_work+0x3c5/0x730\n    [<00000000c457a985>] worker_thread+0x93/0x650\n    [<00000000cb80e628>] kthread+0x1ba/0x210\n    [<00000000a1e61077>] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30\n\nFix the problem by freeing 'qdata' in error path."
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